The Sun. — London, England, 1864-11-01 00:00:00

MOSES AND SON'S ~• Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset until Saturday evening at sunset, when business is re sumed until 11 o'clock. A 1 articles are marked the lowest prices in plain figures. Any article not approved of will be exchanged, or the money returned. List of Prices with Rules for Self-measurement, Fashion Card, and our new pamphlet, "The Tercentenary; or, The Three Hundredth Birthday of William Shakspeare," gratis and post free. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. T titB DA.T.—Morning, 2h. 50m.—Afternoon, 3h. 10m. fo-xounow.-Morning, 3h. 28m.—Afternoon, 3h. 45m. LIFEBOAT SERVICES. —During the storms' of the past year the boats of the National Lifeboat ;institution saval 417 persons from different wrecks on our c oasts. The Institution also expended £13,819 3s. 2d. in the same period on lifeboat estaolishments, in addition to gr anting £1,351 6s. d. as rewards for saving 714 shipwrecked persons by its lifeboats, and other means. The Committee of the Institution earnestly APPEAL to the public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the Continued heavy demands on thc Institution's 137 lifeboat et,.tablishments. Contributions are received by all the London anti country bankers; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, at tile Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY- LANE.- Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, TOO MUCH FOR GOOD NATURE. Messrs. G. Belmore, Fitzjames. G. %Ves on ; Misses Helen lioward and R. Leclercq, Mrs. Vandenhoff, Mrs. C. Melville, rte. • - After which, at a quarter to 'Fight o'c'oA,:Shakstiere's Tragedy of 0 f HELLO. Mr. Creswick; Messrs. H. Mars on, Walter Lacy, G. F. Neville, A Rayner, Sto. ; Mrs. Hermann VR2III, and Miss Atkinson. L oors open at ha f -past Six —Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- JL Lessee. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, TOE SUN A \ D THE WIND. After v hich, THE STRANGER. Messrs. Howe, Chip pendale, Farren, Compton, Rogers, Gordon, Braid, &c.; Xesdames Beatrice, Keeley, Fitzwilliam, Moore, &c. Followed by ON THE SLY. Messrs. Buckstone, Rogers, Gordon, &c. ; Mesdames Snowdon, Fitzwilliam, (to. And OUR MARY ANNE. Miss H. Lindley. To commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the sole management of Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, THE KING'S BUTTERFLY. Fan fan, the King's Butterfly, Mr. Fechter. Messrs. Ryder,Wld dicomb, Ch%rle , , M'lntyre, Garden, Raymond, Moreland, C ifford, Collett; Misses Carlot a Leolercq, M. Remade, E. avenue, and B. Lavenue. Preceded, at 7, by NURSEY CHICKWEED. Messrs. H. Widdicomb, Garden, Moreland, Collett; Miss Lavenue,Mks. Lee. Doors open at half-past 6 ; commence at 7. The Box-office open daily from Elev,n till Five. k*ING'S BUTTERFLY.-LYCEUM T F.A.T RE.—Fan fan, the King's Butterfly, Mr. M.AITER. —The most t uccessiul Drama produced for rcar S. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- ILL Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Gco. Vining. TiEIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. I addy O'llairerty, Mr. Dominick Murray. After which, TIIE STREETS OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fi her. D. Murray, J. Nelson, H. Forre, , ter. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma Barnett, and Miss Fanny Gwynne. STEW THEATRE-RO YAL, ADELPHL- Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. Mrs. Stirling and Mr. J. Clarke. After which, THE HEN ANT) CHICKENS. Messrs. B:llingtor , , R. Phillips, Stephenson, Eburne ; Mrs. Stirling anc Miss 11. Simml. T o followed by HIS LAST LEGS. O'C.llaghan (with soro , s`, „Mr. John Collins, supported by Messrs. Billington, s ter l ensc o, C. J. Smith; Mrs. H. Lewis and Miss A. Sea man. To conclude with DOING 13/NTING. Messrs. J. Clarke, stephenson, R. Romer; Mrs. H Lewis and Miss A. Seaman. Commence at 7. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Benjamin Webster. EMINEN r TALENT AND COMEDY DRAMA. Those celebrated artistes, Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews, are re engaged. THIS EVENING, and during the week, UNDER THE ROSE. After which, a new and oeginal Comedy Drama, in three acts, entitled SY BILLA ; or, STEP BY STEP. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews. To conclude with Mr. Maddlson Morton's New Comedy Farce of WtiOD OCK'S LITTLE GAME. Mr. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough, THIS' EVENING, JNLIMITED CONFIDENCE. Followed by, at Eight, 3IIL EY WHITE. Messrs. Craven, Stoyle, James ; Mesdames Swanbor .ugh and Manders. To conclude with MAZEPPA. Mesdames Raynham, Simpson, &c. E 1 MOSES AND SON 'A. respectfully call attention to their large and well assorted stock of JUVENILE CLOTHING. The newest taorics are combined with the latest and most fashionable designs, and the best workmanship. E. MOSES and SON bve particular attention to this important branch of their usiness, and they can with confidence affirm that the prices are such as must satisfy the most economical. 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THE LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN" supplied, as soon as published every Evening by lIENRY BROOKS, Newspaper Agent, 21, Old Cavendish street, W. • I ..7. , c :.4 - ! . : I II I: ' Hie/ '''' it , ii j rio„,„•::,-.1',,,,,..,,,,,-;;.,;:;".„).„.,,,----,,,,..._,N)nu. LONDON, TUESDAY, NOV. 1, 1864. Mr COBDEN had better look to his laurels, for he is threateaed by a powerful opposition. Doubtless he now considers himself safe, and laughs at any adverse movement ; but it by no means follows that when the day of trial comes he may not find that he has enacted the part of the hare in the fable, And allowed the tortoise to creep in and win the race. It is always difficult to define the opposition that arrays itself against one who, for a long period, bas been a popular favourite. At first a whisper of reproof and reproach is scarcely heard, but the carious feeling takes root and gradually g a i ns greund, slowly, surely working on to its fatal end. At the time of the repeal of the Corn Liws there was no maa in Eogland more highly thought of than the hon. member for Rochdale ; but it was not a. lasting sentiment, deep in the heart of the nation, but a temporary feeling that was evoked. He rode on the wings of a transitory triumph and did not reckon on a more lasting and solid foundation on which to build his renown. It may truly be said of Mr Cc'BDEN that he has missed the tide in his affairs, which, taken at the flied, would have led on to fortune. He has not identified himself with the spirit of the English people, nor fully and fairly represented their character in his dealings with foreign nations, There has been too much of one idea running through all his views to render him a fit and efficient representative of the widely-spread requirements of a great nation, and this truth will sooner or latter be proved as events develope theme selves. Peace-at-any-price is not a doctrine which is congenial to the genius of the English nation ; it is not that we are a warlike people like our con tinental neighbours, whose military ardour and enthusiasm is their paramont influence and reigns supreme over every other feeling; but there is something contemptible in the notion of such a thing, which a higheminded and superior people naturally revolt against. It implies so much in the background, such betrayal of confidence, relinquish. meat of rights, and forsaking of friends, that it may well be stamped as ignoble and unworthy at the very outset. Oaly this very year we have seen this false system prevail in high places, and this fatal principle takes root in our administration, and the consequences have been alike deplorable and dime trous. The Conservative :demonstration at Roch dale may seem nothing to some, but it is by no means positive that the sequence of the story is not an important event in the chronicles of time. To Mr COBDEN and his friends and admirers such an affair may seem as the speck no bigger than a man's hand, but those who saw the picture may discern the likelihood of this adverse combination assuming fearful proportions and eventually making itself felt and seen in an unmistakeable manner before long. Apart from the party tone which characterised the meeting at Rochdale, there were many observations made and principles enunciated which might justly be said to be national ones, and to depict the cur rent of public opinion through the confines of the land. Mr. BRETT, the proposed candidate in the Conservative interest, made a spirited speech, in which he denounced the policy of Mr COBDEN as one fatal to the interests and prejudicial to the principles which the community of this country were prepared to uphold and pledged to support alike by past associations, present convictions, and future aspirations. So far the feeling and senti ment of the reflective part of the constituency will go with him, and it is very doubtful if his opponent will be able to gain an advantage over him. Mr BRETT very properly laid great stress upon the new foreign and colonial policy which the disciples of the peace school advocate and will promulgate at the first opportunity. These new notions advocate the noninterference in all foreign questions, and the abandonment of our colonies to.their own resources, so that we may reduce our army and navy to the smallest possible proportions, and thus decrease ex penditure. Mr.BRETT very forcibly observed that by this means the credit and character of the country would be seriously compromised,and our honour irre" trievably assailed and tarnished. litho can tell to what length other nations will go, when it is once seen and ascertained for a certainty that England has ceased to be a first-rate Power, intent on keeping her rightful place, and determined to exercise her just influence on other nations. The picture drawn by Mr BRETT is indeed a lugubrious one, but it is nevertheless very likely to be realised if full scope is given to the views of Mr COBDEN and his friends and supporters. When the prestige of a people is past, of what avail are their old glories and ancient prowess ? Let us sink to the level that the utilitarians have prescribed for us; let us take up their pusillanimous policy with strength and spirit, and what will remain ? May we not safely venture to affirm that there is every chance of the worst forebodings being fulfilled, and the direst prognostications realised. If the Baltic be. comes a Russian and the Mediterranean a French lake, what sort of a position shall we hold in Eu rope ? Again, if our colonies are not to be a source of interest and attraction to ug, what place shall we hold among the fraternity of nations ? We might as well be blotted out of the map of the world. It has always been our beast and pride that on our empire the sun never sets, and why should this feeling be no more powerful to prevail nor potent to iefluence. Mr.BRETT brought the case home to his hearers by saying—" Surely those who advocate such a policy forget that if all these things were to take place in Canada, Australia, and India, there is not a home or family in England that would not be deprived of some one who is near and dear to it." Mr. COBDEN and his auxiliaries have mistaken their vocation and missed their destiny in their insane attempt to put all things on their own level, and to make the sentiments and sympathies of Englishmen accord to their views, as PROCausTEs adapted his lodgers to the siza of his furniture. Such a cause will not do, and the announcement of such a policy in regard to affairs with the outward world, will materially militate against any effects that a more vigorous home policy might produce. It will be a poor advantage if we remedy deficiencies and rectify abuses that have crept in amongst us, and then find out that we are nobodies after all. It is idle to trust entirely to appearances, because the great nations that flourished and fell before our time were as great in their fancied security until their doom came upon them, and they passed away as if they had not been. All tends to prove the truth of the saying, that "The record of all earthly tales is but the sad rehearsal of the past." It is the insidioas character of many changes that constitute their real danger and destruction. Under the specious pretence and fair-seeming semblance of reform and retrenchment, the disciples of the Manchester School are introducing changes into our political state, and advancing the cause of a social system that will undermine and deteriorate the time-honoured and glorious Constitution of England. It will not do to be deceived or taken in, however fair or well-sounding the de nomination of the new regime. It is better to be prepared for the emergency. If it is the intention of this new school of philosphical politicians to bide their time, and when Lord PALMERSTON has finally disappeared from the stage of this world's per formances to inaugurate their anti-national and un•English doctrines, then the sooner they are me. masked the better. It is always easier to go forward than to retrace lost ground, and the lovers of pro gress will do better to give their votes for the most inveterate hater of reform, than to let in one dis ciple of the school which counsels the mischievous policy of peace at any price, and reform at home with loss of character and credit abroad. The elec tors of Rochdale had better be prepared for the struggle, and manifest their determination to oppose the principles of a policy which will under mine the influence and stultify the progress of the country. It is very long since any criminal trial has ex cited the keen and absorbing interest with which all ranks and classes of men have followed the details of the trial of FRANz MULLER for the murder of Mr, BRIGGS. The painful circumstances of the case had thrilled every heart, and amidst the ay allmithy universally felt for the family so terribly and so suddenly bereaved of a cherished relative was mingled a sentiment of general uneasi. nese, since each felt the same disaster might have happened to himself, and of indignation that such a crime should have been possible in the very heart of our well guarded metropolis. For a few days no trace of the murderer was discovered, and it began to be feared that the assaseinatiou of Mr. BRIGGS would be added to the dark catalogue of crimes which never meet their due reward 0. , earth. The unusual reward which was offered .or the appre hension of the criminal at length brought forward I some important evidence, and as the love of gain was probably the motive for the commission of the deed, so it proved the accessory of its detection. The circumstances of the trial, including the pursuit and capture of MOLLER, and the singular but 'most convincing chain of evidence which led to his conviction, were all of a nature to keep up the public excitement to the highest pitch. When it was feared that the sup• posed assassin would elude justice the chase was watched with intense eagerness, but when it was learned that he was actually in the hands of the police general relief was felt. All knew that there was no danger of a hasty and incomplete convic• tion—that all that skill and experience and judicial seamen of the highest character could do would be done to set the full details of the case before an unprejudiced and conscientious jury. Those anticipations have been fulfilled to the letter. The care of his countrymen procured for the pri soner the assistance of eminent counsel, and the whole case has been conducted in a spirit and with a manner worthy of the impartial majesty of English law. Never perhaps has justice held the scales more fairly, never was her sword more carefully and deliberately poised. No one who listened to the clear and masterly summing up of the Lord Chief Baron—a summing up worthy of his high repute. tion as one of the ornaments of the Bench—could have failed to be forcibly impressed by the nature of the evidence against the unhappy man at the bar. As the learned jadge observed, there were three dis tinct chains of evidence against him—that relating to the hat found in his possession, to the hat found in the carriage, and to the watch and chain. Each of these was carried out with singular distinctness, and the threefold line of defence set up entirely failed to dispose of the evidence. The first plea on behalf of the Prisoner was an assertion that the charge against him was not satisfactorily proved— a mere general defence. The second was that he was physically unequal to the commission of the act—an assertion which, considering the respective ages of the partiee, and the fact of MrBRIGGs being taken by surprise and probably asleep, did not weigh much in his favour. The third plea, an alibi, entirely broke do wn, the witnesses, untrust• worthy as they were, being unable to give any reason whatever for their assertions as to the time. In fact, as the Solicitor-General justly observed, the discovery of MULLER having been at Camberwell about nine on the fatal evening was rather preju dicial to him than otherwise. All the other evi dence—of the hatters, of the jeweller, of MuLLER's landlady, of the cabman and his wife—pointed strongly against the prisoner, and was remarkably unanimous. Little details, such as the lining of the hat, the jeweller's box given to the child, and other incidents fitted in with surprising clearness, MUL LER himself must have lost all hope as, one by one, these condemning facts were elicited. He has the satisfaction, if satisfaction there can be to a man in his awful position, that he has not been condemned undefended and unheard, and that he has had all the aid that legal ingenuity and forensic eloquence could have given to the most innocent man. Bat nevertheless his doom is sealed, and the unanimous voice of the public unhesitatingly ratifies the decision of judge and jury. There only remains the last scene in (his appalling tragedy—a tragedy that has brought home to the most thoughtless and light hearted the uncertainty of human life, and the startling but familiar truth that in the midst of Me we are in death. It is only to be hoped that the catastrophe will induce greater care and cau tion in the management of our railway lines, and that the single retribution which has in this instance followed upon the crime may serve to deter others from so dark a deed. For the murderer himself there is nothing to be said, He has committed a barbarous murder without provocation or induce ment beyond the mere sordid love of gain, and has brought desolation to a happy home only, as the event proves, to condemn himself to as ignominious death. After the fitful and fluctuating manner in which our criminal justice has lately been adminis tered, it is some satisfaction to the public that a case of such vital interest to society should have been so carried out in accordance with the old tra ditionary dignity of English constitutional law; and it only remains for the public, while shudder ing at the guilt of the criminal, to echo that deep but audible amen which murmured through the vast assembly as the learned judge concluded the delivery of his impressive judgment, by praying hat the murderer might find that mercy from the tribunal of Heaven which he has justly forfeited at the hands of his fellow men. The public wall learn R ith very great and gene. ral regret that they have lost one whose gifted pencil has for so many years delighted and amused all classes. We have had this year to deplore the loss of many able and eminent men, and now another name is added to the list. JOHN LEECH is no more, and the wonderful versatile hand which has so often illustrated the foibles and fancies of our social life shall no more provoke us to smile, even at our own absurdities. The caricaturist, like the satirist in words, too often plays an ungenerous part. He exposes with merciless hand the weak points of his victim, and is sometimes tempted to sacrifice every kindlier feeling to the desire of achieve ing an effect. No such charge can be brought against the memory of JOHN LEECH ; and though he has relentlessly exhibited in turn the absurdi ties of almost every class, he has never done it so as to offend even their representatives. Perhaps it was owing to the fact that his satires were general, and not personal, that they were so entirely devoid of malice. It was pretension of any kind against which his wit specially directed its shafts, whether in the . 1 young England," who would fain be old England, the faded belle, who would compete with youthful bloom, the " Jeames," who aped the airs of hie master, or the hapless devotee of field sports, who only succeeded in exhibiting his deficiencies. The fun Of his yearly almanac illustrations too, was something inimitable by meaner pencils, while the general literature of the day has lost one of its most brilliant and successful illustrators. Mr. LEECH'S death was as premature as it was unex pected. He was only 47 years of age, and had in the hope and belief of those around him many more years to come of active and vigorous life. For some time he had been a great sufferer from irritability of nerves, and was one of the foremost in the crusade against organ grinders and street cries. The ex cessive sensibility to noise which hie friends laughed at and he so painfully lamented, was, in fact, the symptoms of more serious evil, and it would have been well if, instead of roaming from house to house and complaining now of the street mufha, now of the sound of a neighbouring hammer, Mr. LEECH had paused to ask himself why he felt these things so keenly. The excessive irritability was a sure sign that brain and nerves imperatively needed rest-- rest yhicb, if he had granted with a more prompt and liberal hand to his overtasked powers, might have spared his friends the bereavement, and the public the loss, which they now bewail. It would be well if other men of genius would take warning and be less . indefatigable in the pursuit of their call ing, but the present loss is none the less great that it might have been averted for a time, It is strange that within a year LEECH should have followed THACKERAY to the tomb ; strange that the two gifted and distinguished schoolfellows should have been so brief a time parted. They have alike left names no less honoured in their calling than cherished in their homes, and in this age, when morbid sentiment and :extravagant pretension and smoothfaced hypocrisy are only too common, we can ill afford to miss those keen and quick witted cen• sore who spared neither wealth nor rank, nor power, when they found it trenching on the code of truth and right. Visit of the Metropolitan Board of Works to Carlisle. CARLISLE, Saturday Evening. This morning the Metropolitan Board of Works, including the chairman (Mr. J. Th waites), his secre tary (Mr Creasy), Mr. Freeman, chairman of Main drainage committee, and about 25 members of the Board, and accompanied by Mr Bezalgette, their chief engineer, arrived at Carlisle to inspect the works in operation here for the utilisation of the sewage of the city. In the forenoon they proceeded to the Town Hall, where they were received by the Mayor of Carlisle, and a small deputation of the Local Board of Health, and were joined by Mr Lawson, M.P., Mr Potter, M.P., and other gentle men. They then proceeded to the Willow Holme, near the main outlet of the sewage of the city, where the works conducted by Mr Alexander M'Dougall, chemist, Manchester, are in operation, and that gentleman explained to the Board the manner in which the sewage is applied to the land he has in hand. As stated in The Sun last week the area actually irrigated is about 60 acres. The Board were first taken to a small engine-house, near which is sunk a deep well, into which the sewage is run, and where it is dise infected. The process of the disinfection is very simple, In two barrels, placed in a covered house, carbolic acid, which is insoluble in pure water, is dissolved in lime water, and then runs into a third - barrel. This is the disinfecting liquid, and it runs slowly into the well below, in which the sewage is collected, and there it is mixed with it, and then pumped into canals, which convey it on the land. The general arrangement of these canals was described in The Sun last week. A broad canal is run round the field, which can be stopped up at any point, and sewage diverted into movable iron channels, from which it is shed upon the land. Mr M'Dougall stated that the principal part of the sewage of Carlisle is thus utilised. But the sewage of one district of the town enters the main outlet sewer lower down than his works, and that part is not made use of by him. By the erection of another engine this also could be made available for the land ; but as the district in question is one in which there are few water-closets, Mr M'Dougall does not consider the sewage of sufficient value to warrant the expense of an additional engine. Speaking in rough numbers the population in the district of which the sewage is not utilised, but is run into the river, is about 7,000 or 8,000 ; while that of the whole of the other districts of the town (all the sewage of which is applied to the soil) is 22,000 or 23,0 A people. Mr. Dougall stated that there had not been any complaints made of the slightest smell from his land or works, and the Metropolitan Board verified this by their own personal inspection and observation. As the Board walked over the land Mr. M'Dougall made some interesting statements as to the effects of the application of disinfected sewage to the land. He had found that, whereas in paces where sewage has been applied in a petrified state the finer grasses are destroyed and rank coarse grass takes its place, the application of disinfected sewage had not been attended with a like result. The fine grasses were still preserved. Fears had been expressed by practical farmers that although they might do to depasture milch cows upon, yet when these meadows come to be used for sheep feeding, the animals would be ruined by the disease of " flukes in the liver." Experience bad shown these fears to be groundless, the deodorizer awing as a preventive. Nor had any foot-rot been expe rienced. Indeed, the disinfecter being an anti septic, eny sheep slightly affected with foot-rot were cured by being put into the irrigated land. There is one portion of the land leased by Mr. M'Dougall which is not irrigated. The stock are free to roam over both portions of the holmes, and it was found that they much preferred the irrigated part ; indeed, they had to be penned on that not ir rigated if it was thought desirable to keep them there ; and the board, by contrasting the colour of the grass in the two parts of the land, saw how sauch more luxuriant was the grass on that which was irrigated. Mr. M'Dougall stated that he considered the produce on the ir rigated meadows to be about four times as great as that on the land to which the liquid sewage is not applied ; and in som e p arts, where the irrigations had bcen made mor e f requently, five times as great. According to the pl an usually fol lowed, the sewage is pumped o n each section of the field for four hours at a time, and as it takes about four months to go over the whole area in this way, each section is irrigated three times a year. Mr Dougall expressed his opinion th at the best wad to make the application and sewage profitable w ou ld be to cut the grass and carry it a way for stall-fed oxen, the manure of which should b e taken away to fertilise an arable farm where winter food could be grown. inctstpye,ctioli and lea rn t f rom th e i of the works, the butcher by whom the land s rented (M r M o ffi tt Board Having returned u rn e finished d to their th er Hetherington) that he considered t h e application of the sewage most bencfi-nal. E xperience had shown i e him that it was twice as valuable to him as land otherwise of equal value which had not been irri gated. The Board, who expressed them se l ves much pleased with what they had seen, left for Edinburgh in the evening, by the " Waverley route," and pur pose extending their tour to Glasgow. EXCITING SCENE ON TUE COAST.—SHIPWRECK, AND GALLANT RESCUE OF THE most exciting scene occurred at Cullercoats on Friday night. The wind blow from the eastward; the night was pitch dark, and the sea was heavier than it had been known for years. Between nine and ten o'clock at night a thick mist came on, and just about that time the villagers were ranch alarmed by observ ing a vessel close under the cliffs to the north of the village burning lights, and upon rushing down to the cliffs they noticed that the vessel was upon the rocks, in danger Of momentarily breaking up, an d the crew were shouting for help, and b urn i ng tar barrels and torches to attract attention. F rom the tremendous sea that was roll ing upon the shore it was impossible to get the lifeboat over Cullercoats bar, and if the fishermen had succeeded in doing so she would have speedily been dashed to pieces on the rocks, Fleet footed messengers were despatched to the coastguard stations at Whitley and Tynemouth for the roc kets, and speedily the officer at the former place was on the cliffs with the m or t ar and apparatus. The greatest anxiety was felt then l es t t h e vessel should break up before lines could be throw n t o the crew, and fishermen and fisher women worked lik e horses, under the direction of the coast guards, whi c h were drawing up from Tynemouth and other stations, to get the mortar into position, extra gear being brought by M r Byrne, the chief boatman, and two lines were cleverly shot over the vessel. The crew of the vessel fortunately knew how to use them. .A. hawser was fastened to the mizzen rigging, life-buoys were got into trim, and in a short time all hands, men and boys, were hauled on to the cliffs amidst loud cheering. While the people on the shore were thus employed the vessel was rapidly breaking up. When the last man left her she was in three pieces, and within an hour she had entirely fallen to fragments, and was floating about the sea. Any delay or want of promptitude on the part of the villagers in bring ing immediate help to the crew would have been fatal, as they were just saved, and that was all. But the fisher men and noble fisher women and fisher lasses of Cullercoats were not contented with simply twisting to save the pcor fellows. In every direction women and lasses were bringing warm clothing and refreshments for the half-perished men, and they were removed to the inns kept by Mr Smith and Mr Thompson, where every attention was paid to their com fort. The vessel proved to be the barque Warrior, of Sunder land, from Hamburg. She had missed Teignmouth and having drawn to the northward, got embayed. :The captain had his anohors out, but the vessel bad dragged them and struck upon the rocks, about two hundred yards from the cliffs —Newcastle Chronicle. CARMARTHEN ELECTION.—The election for Care marthen took place yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mr William Morris was nominated by Mr Lewis Morris, soli citor, of Carmarthen. and seconded by Mr James Buckley, of l'esayfai, Llauelly, There was uo opposition, rHE SUN, LONDOW, TUESDAY ETENING NOVEMBER 1, 1864. , LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE TREATY OF PEACE. VIENNA, Nov. 1. The Neue Frie Pram of tow:lay says ; "According to the stipulations of the treaty of peace 29 millions of thalers of the Danish national debt will be borne by the Duchies. "Tile Flensburg fine arts collection will be at the disposal of the Danish Government." GREECE. THE CONSTITUTION. ATHENS, OCT. 29. The National Assembly terminated its discussion upon the Constitution yesterday. The draft was read over and adopted to-day. It is probable that the members of the Ministry will not sign the Constitution. THE BRAZIL MAIL. LISBON, Nov. 1. The Royal Steam Packet Company's ship Mag dalena has arrived here from the Brazils, &c., and will leave for Southampton at 8 a.m. to-day, with 52 passengers, £43,059 in specie, 1,290 bags of coffee, 504 rolls of toblcco, 205 bales of cotton, and 136 packages of sundries. OVERLAND MAILS. BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS• ALEXANDRIA, OCT. 31. The Ellora and Poonah left at noon to-day. The former may be expected at Marseilles about the 6th, and the latter at Southampton about the 13th November. OUTWARD MAILS OF THE 12TH AND 18TH OCTOBER. SUEZ, OCT. 27. The Behar sailed to-day for Bombay. OUTWARD CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. MALTA, OCT. 31. The Baroda, from Marseilles on the 28:h inst., arrived yesterday at 7 p.m. and left at 4 a.m. to. day for Alexandria. The Ceylon, from Southampton on the 20th inst„ arrived yesterday at 10 p.m. All well, and left at 10 a.m. to-day for Alexandria. FRANCE. PARIS, Nov. 1. The Emperor arrived at St. Cloud, at six o'clock yesterday evening. The Cz%r arrived at Kehl at four o'clock yeeter- day afternoon. LThe Paris papers publish a telegram from Calcutta, giving the following details of the destruction caused by the late hurricane at Calcutta :—One hundred and ten ships were wrecked and 12,000 persons drowned. The total loss is estimated at 200 millions francs. A great portion of the city was inundated, and the villages bordering on the river were under water. BOURSE, Oe. 31. The reponse des przmes (option) has been made at 64f 60c for the Three per Cents. The market has shown little animation, and in the limited amount of business done prices show a slight decline. Threes, for the Account, are now at 61f. 60c., and Mobilier at 860 f. Railway Market heavy, and some of the lines rather lower. The market left off as follows : it per Cents .. 92 90 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents Do. end month 6l 65 Credit 870 Do. end month B7l 25 Bank Shares 3370 Credit Fonder Roman — Italian Loan 65 10 Do. end month 64 95 Ditto Threes .. New Mexican .... 49t Russian Austrian Spanish Threes — Home Debt .. — Deferred WAYS. BA IL Cash. Account. Orleans Northern .... Lyons and Medi tcrranean 887 50 885 Southern ..... 580 578 75 Western • • 4.- Eastern .... Sardinian 333 76 .. 332 60 Austrian Lorr blrd North of Spain Saragos.a 465 .. 462 50 Ditto to Barcelona - 175 THE GALE. WITHERNSEA, NEAR HULL, OCt• 29. At daybreak this morning, at about half tide, with the wind blowing strong from the east, and a roll ing sea and heavy surf on the beach, a large full rigged ship, deeply laden, was discovered within a mile of the shore with the Union Jack run up at the foremast. Seeing the ship in this perilous con dition, it was deemed advisable to launch the Withernsca lifeboat of the National Institution, and if necessary to put a man on board to pilot her. The boat had scarcely been launched, when the wind veered to the south east, and on the lifeboat ar riving alongside the ship the captain declined any assistance. The wind getting a little more south, and the tide making, the ship get off, and at dark was standing for the north. The vessel was the Marchioness of Queensberry, bound from Quebec to Hull. Had the wind not veered to the south and moderated, the ship could not have got off, and would in all probability have come ashore. The lifeboat was severely tested, and although twice filled with water, behaved splendidly The wind has this evening again increased from the east. The cost of this lifeboat was the gift to the Institution of the late Miss Sarah Lechmere, of Hanley Castle. NORTH SUNDERLAND, Oct. 29. A vessel was observed this morning ashore on the Island, and the signals being mistaken owing to the fog and rain, the National Institution lifeboat went off only to find that the shipwrecked men were safe on the Farne, and that her services were not re quired. The weather was very stormy, and has been so for the last ten days, but fortunately nothing so severe as it has been further north, MARKETS—This Day. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 15s to £5 8s ; clover, £5 Os to £6 108 Od ; and straw, il 7s to £1 10s per load. Trade rather slow. CUMRERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 15s to £5 103 ; clover, £5 Os t 0.46 15s Od ; and straw, £1 7s to £1 108 per load, Trade steady, WHITECHAPEL,—Meadow hay, £3 15s to £5 8s ; clover, £5 Os to £6 108 Od ; and straw, £1 76 to £1 108 per load, A fair demand. COLONIAL. TEA—A moderate business has been passing in most kinds, and prices are well supported, SUGAR—Th(3 demand has been limited, but prices have remained without change. Refined kinds are at full rates, owing to the limited quantity e n offer. COFFEE—There has been a moderate enquiry, and Colo nial descriptions generally sustain former rates. RICE.—An average amount of business has been done in East India descriptions at about provious prices. TALLOW.—More animation has prevailed in the market, and the transactions for home consumption have been nume rous. A fair speculative business has also been done for forward delivery. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 40s 6i, December 42s 3d, and January to March 43s 6d. MADAME TIISSAUD'S. —A full-length model, taken from life, of Franz Muller, who has been tiied and con demned to die for murdering the late Mr Briggs in a r way carriage, on the North London line, is now added to Madame Tussaud's Exhibition, in Baker -street. NEW INDIAN BlSLlOPRlC,—Arrangements have been completed for the erection of a new bishopric at Lahore. TOM THUMB.—General Tom Thumb has taken state rooms for his family and suite on board the steamer City of Washington, which leaves fur Liverpool on Satur day, Oct. 29. The general retires for ever from public life at the close of the present engagement at the Museum. The Thumb family are to make the tour of Europa in their pri vate capacity. They intend stopping a few weeks in Gt eat Britain and Franco, and spending the winter in Florence and Rowe. Commodore Nutt and Little Minnie Warren will continuo to give their public exhibitions in this country. rvrk Tribrote. Fashions for November. (From Le Folk) The present month offers great facility to the chronicler of fashions, as a decided stamp has now been given both to the form of costumes and the ,naterial to be employed. We remark, as the winter season approaches, how much the basques are returning into favour; and we may affirm now that lobes, whatever their tissue, will adopt them generally. It is true it will not be the classic) basque worn for the last few years ; on the contrary, the new basque is entirely one of fancy. The habit, with square tails, or tails turned back; the long basques of the veste de chasse ; and the basques de calque, with a broad band, are all in vogue. The paletots and crimples are now drawn to the N 5 aist by a broad band, making theta resemble the blouses. We hope all ladies of taste will protest against this exceedingly ugly and ungraceful style; though we must admit that, how ever unbecoming, a new fashion is readily adopted by novelty-seekers. The material for dresses has assumed a more sombre and heavier appearance. NV a may bid adieu to gauses and linons ; poplins, taffets, and reps de lains have taken their place. The novelties in silk are very splendid—Pompadour taffe tas and satins for grand toilette. The white moires, with broad stripes of taffetas in various designs and colours, are especially remarkable for their elegance. Why do young, rich, and elegant ladies prefer wearing dresses decidedly mourning in their appearance, suoh as a black or black and grey robe, trimmed with jet, and ear rings and buckle to match ? It must be allowed that som bre colours are better for the complexion; and black espe cially is very becoming to almost every one. This, then, may be the true cause for its preference, and so good a one that we need seek no other. Now the steel-coloured and grey moire antique, silk grey gros grains, and grey terry velvet, are in demand; and who is not possessed of a black moire antique or a violet taffetas? Velvet and cloth aro making their appearance, and it is probable that velvet will, as last year, be adopted for all descriptions of toilettes. S ) long as the temperature does not compel us to envelope ourselves in wiater clothing, par dessus of the same material as the dress, with vestes end corsages in all makes, will be seen. Evening dresses are made with pans and basques formed of lace and silk. Embroidered dresses will be very fashion able this winter. Satin, embroidered with twisted silk, or chenille, has a very good appearance. Bonnets next claim our attention. With the winter sea son feathers will appear; but before winter—that is to say, before velvet becomes general in demand—we have autumn, with the taffetas capotes, which are all the fashion now, and are ornamented with flowers. For example—upon a brownish grey capote, a colour most in vogue at present, is placed a bunch of large purple velvet flowers, with grapes and ornaments of pearl beads. A lilac silk oapote may be trimmed with a wreath of vio let heart's-ease mixed with leaves of velvet, placed all round the front, and under the crown in lieu of a curtain. Most bonnets now have, in place of the curtain, a narrow lace frill, bouillonnes, toques of ribbon, or wreaths of flowers. A branch of flowers placed on the side, and partly veiled by lace or bouillonnes, comprise the arrangement of these coquettish coiffures. Bonnets become smaller and smaller, so much so that one is likely to exclaim—" Is it possible they can fit any lady's head ?" But when worn, we are constrained to say, they are most graceful and beeoming to the face. The Foyal Sovereign at Sea. The attempt made, by shelving the Royal Sovereign, to prevent any real knowledge of her capabilities reaching the public ear has, in one sense, been made a little too late. We are enabled to state confidently that the vessel has already been severely tested, and that the results obtained have been so entirely satisfactory that it is simply impossible for the Admiralty to refuse Captain Coles another ship. It is probable that no man living knows the capabili ties of the Royal Sovereign better than her commander, Captain S. Osborn. With all her defects he must be equally familiar, and no good reason can be assigned for appealing from his decision. Capt. Osborn's report is to the last degree favourable. Between the 28th of August and the 17th of September he had the ship under weigh in the Channel on ten different occasions, testing her in every variety of weather, from perfect calm with heavy swell to a double-reefed topsail breeze and a smart sea. On one occasion the ship was put into the broken water of Portland Race just as a heavy gale had broken. On all occasions the ship behaved remarkably well, proving herself not only a buoyant seaboat, but much faster than one would suppose was consistent with her coarse bows. Under the most trying circumstances the maximum roll of the ship has been but 11 degrees each way, doing this at the rate of about ten times in a minute. The great width of the deck, 63 feet, is a serious defect, but that is purely owing to the ship being a converted vessel, and Capt. Osborn is perfectly well aware that this width is in no way necessary to the turret system. As it is, when riding at anchor in bad weather, the drift-and wet blow along in a very trying manner, but as the ship has no masts the crew do not really suffer in con sequence, and a sea-going ship would of course be spe• cially designed to prevent this exposure. So much for the qualities of the ship as such. As a man-of-war, we learn that the turrets and guns work admira bly. In all 177 rounds have been fired under every condition, and the rolling of the, ship affects neither the evolutions of the turret nor the guns. The only defects discovered by Captain Osborn appear to lie in the use of wooden instead of iron gun carriages, and the absence of winches to run the guns in and out with instead of the old-fashioned tackle. Both these defects are in course of being remedied. Captain Osborn believes that the Royal Sovereign, as she now stands, is the most formidable vessel of war which he has ever been en board of. She would destroy easily, if her guns were rifled, any of our present ironclads, whether of the Hector, Warrior, or—and Mr Reed should dwell on this—the Research class. Clumsy as she has been called, her real handiness, speed, and weight of broadside, and the small target she offers, increase ten fold her powers of attack and defence. While he has such facts as these in his favour, Capt. Coles can laugh to scorn the various attacks made on him by the opponents of his sys tem. Apparently there is no limit to the weight of the guns which can be worked on the turret system. It must not be forgotten, too, that the Royal Sovereign requires but 300 hands, instead of 1,100. Even now, in this time of our peace, we find that men are scarce, end hard to get ; what would it be in time of war ? Let us add that during the time the Royal Sovereign has been at sea a single gun breeching has not been carried away, nor so much as a finger hurt in working her enormous guns. The only damage done has been to a few weak fittings on the deck. For that done to the hawse pipe Captain Osborn takes all the blame to himself.—elfechantes' Magazine. Melancholy Occurrence at Sea. EIGHT LIVES LOST. One of the most painful and heart-rending incidents which have transpired during the late gale was witneessed by the crew of the brig Sovereign, Captain Jackson, on her passage from Wyborg to West Hartlepool. The Sovereign arrived at West Hartlepool on Friday night, and the cap tain reports that on Thursday ho was some distance from Hartlepool in a gale of wind and with a heavy sea run ning. About half-tast eleven o'clock in the morning he was steeling the vessel, and was suddenly startled by voices crying out " Brig ahoy l" He called out to the man on watch to know where it proceeded from, and for a few momenta they could not perceive any one; , but looking behind they discovered a small " dingey, ' or ship's boat, with seven men and a boy in it. One of them had a small 11 ig on a stick waving it as a signal of distress, and beckoning the men to turn the vessel round. All hands were called on deck and the ship's course was speedily altered, and in a short time the vessel was close to the poor fellows, who were being tossed about in their little craft, in momentary expectation of being swamped. On nearing them it was seen that the occupan's of the boat were sailors, and one, who was taken for the captain, was steering the boat with an oar. They appeared to be quite exhausted, as though they had been shipwrecked the previous day, and had been fighting between life and death with the surging waves without either food or water; in fact, there was nothing in the boat but a saw and a life-buoy. A line was immediately hove to the boat, and eagerly caught by the men, who by its aid hauled themselves up to the aide of the ship. One of the men in the boat caught hold of the chain fasten ings of the rigging for the purpose of keeping the beat close to the ship, but a heavy sea caught the vessel, and pitching it to a side lifted the man out of the boat. Finding himselt in this position ho let go, and fell into the boat at the fore most part of it with his feet, his head going over into the water. On his companions seeing his danger they sprang forward to keep him in the boat, but in doing so they upset their little craft, and the whole of them were pitched into the sea. Two of the men kept hold of the small lice that had been pitched to them, and were dragged a short distance with the vessel, which was sailing under close - reefed top sails, but the pitching they received by the sea overcame their strength, and they had to let go, They appeared to be swimmers, and were vainly following in the track of the ship, but only a few moments elapsed and they sank, Others were trying to mount the inverted boat, but they were no sooner on it than a heavy sea washed them off. Others were waving and calling out for help, and for a moment disappearing under the water and then rising again, renewing their signs for assistance. Gradually they all went down, but one kept up about five minutes longer than the rest, who was supposed to be the captain, who had the life-buoy in his hand in the boat. About ten minutes afterwards nothing but the inverted boat was to be seen, and in five minutes more a schooner, directed by signals from the brig, passed immediately the spot where they had gone down, but no signs of life were to be seen. The captain of the Sovereign believed the poor fellows who have come to so untimely an end were the crew of some Swedish vessel, as they had the appearance of Swedes, and a boat similar to those used by such chips. Some of them could speak English, but with a foreign accenti—Z i occaWo Chronicle. zurt . k ,lti iir 7 4 4 7 - tvirtutio: HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Oct. 3 1 ' The Queen, attended by Lady Augusta Stanle , walked and drove in the grounds this morning. H;s Royal Highness Prince A r th ur , a tt e nded; Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon D. de Ros, went shooting. Visit of :the Prince and Princess of Vii to Liverpool. At the meeting of the Liverpool Town Council yesterd . the Mayor stated that, h av i ng h ear d o f t h e intended clell the Prince of Wales to th e E ar l of D er b y at KnoWL Hall, he had thought it his duty to communicate with 1 ,rdship on the subject, in order that the council migh t prepared to adopt any measures which might be confide desirable on the occasion. He had received the folloW l reply from the Earl of Derby : "Knowsley, Oct. 23, 1866 "Dear Sir,—l regret that I cannot give you any certi, intelligence as to the time of the Prince of Wales's° here, except that it will not be early in November. I not even sure that his Royal Highness will be here 0 1 as I received yesterday a letter from General Knollys t°l that his Royal Highness still hopes to be able to loY,; promised visit, and thinks ho c an d o so b etween the 1 and 20th November. He will, however, write to me i° 31131 , diately on his return to England. Wh en I fi rs t leg' two or three months ago, that I was to have the honou r' receiving the Prince and Princess, I expressed mY 134 1 that their Royal Highnesses would be able to spare tine give a day to Liverpool; but as yet I have received no illation of their intentions, or the probable length of stay. As so= as I have anything certain, I will take u":„ that you, or should your year of office h ave exp i re d, Yr successor, shall have immediate information.—l am, d, Sir, yours, " DEOI. The Duke and Du.3hess of Newcastle and 01 youthful family purpose to leave Piccadilly to-morroil pass a few weeks in retirement at Brighton. The Duke of Somerset, Rear Admiral Drumin% C. 8., and the other officials connected with th e AthoirP*; arrived at Marseilles on S a t ur d a y, i n th e E nc haotly Admiralty yacht, from Malta. They reached Paris 1 0 1 terday, and purpose to make a short stay in the Fre capital. His Excellency M. Arajoiz, it is said, will 138 . 1 c; ceived in the course of this w ee k by th e Q ueen as Dlos l Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of St. James's. The Marquis Conyngham is expected to arrife town to-day from Ireland. The Earl and Countess Russell and the 1 ,6- 0 Russell leave Pembroke Lodge, Ricb.mond, on 1 40 , mt next, for Audley P ar k, L or d an d L a d y S tan l ey o f ley's seat, near Congleton, for the purpose of being lot ", - 10 at the marriage of Viscount Amberley and the Hon. rine Stanley. The Earl and Countess of Clarendon and -. 11 Emily Villiers have arrived in town from the Continent The Earl of Coventry has lett Thomas's 10 : d Berkeley-aquare, for his seat, C roome C our t , Woroe°' shire. Viscount Torrington and Mr Whitworth b p i arrived at the Portland Hotel, Southsea, from Londoo.l, We understand that the Queen has gracioo_,,'' signified her wish to stand godmoth er t o th e i n fant soar heir of Lord and Lady Churchill, Lord • Id Lad B 1 --fir _ am y _ .00mtield were expe , _ arrive at the Dowager Lady Bloomfield's residence at ir p land-gate, Knightsbridge, yesterday evening from n where they arrived on Saturday from Vienna. The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exche has returned to Hawarden Castle from Clumber. CHIMNEY SWEEPERS.—The Lord Mayor, ill c r y ',Hance with a request from the Home Secretary, alp( would take steps for making the provisi ons o f " The ti ney-sweepers Regulation Act, 1861," which comes inte o ol l ration this day, generally known within the city, has 0 0 fit to issue this notice, c on t a i n i ng an a b stract o f that and of the act of 1840, as amen d e d b y it an d no w in l or Eho acts.—The principal act is the 3d and 4th V i " p f 85, passed on the 7th August, 1840, which came into poi ration on the Ist July, 1842. The new act is the 2 7th 28th Vict., cap, 37, passed on the 30th June, 186 1 • o p of Children to be Apprenticed.—Since the passing ° el Act of 1840 it is not " lawful to apprentice to any 13 using the trade or business of a chimney sweeper all under the age of 16 years ;" and every indenture 01 4 apprenticeship entered into after that date is num. aO 4l l (Act of 1810, sec. 3). Offenc es create d and the Pen) [section 6 of the Act of 1840 contained regulations as 'lf construction of chimneys, b u t th at section was repollie) tar as respects th e me t ropol i s, b y the Building Act, Ithpoi Bth Vict., cap. 84, sec. 1. Rules for the same object ar ",io contained in the Metropolit an B u ildi ng A ct, 18 and l'Qoi cap. 122, sec, 2 . )].—Comtelling or allowin g Childreo t° o Chimneys—" Any person who shall compel or krOd i allow any child or young person under the age of 219 e? ascend or descend a chimney, or enter a fl ue , f or the p at ,1e of sweeping, cleaning, or coring the same, or for extiq ing fire therein,"—penalty not more than £lO, or in d thereof imprisonment for not exceeding 6 months, v '; e ati without hard labour (Act of 1840, sec. 2, as area ° o Act of 1864, secs. 9 and 11). Children under 10 net bite employed in Business.—" It shall net be lawful for s e c b oll uey-sweeper to employ a child under the age of 10 I,o° to do or assist in doing any work or thi ng in or " 0 " the trade or business of such chiraney-sweePe r , poi! where than within the house or place of b us iness e pte chimney sweeper, or theyard or buildings (if any) c°'", 11 0 ", therewith," Penalty, net exc ee di ng £lO (A c t o f ISt/ 6 and 8). Nopersons under 16 to be with chimney-5,7d where employed.—" It shall not be lawful for a cliff sweeper on any occasion of his en t er i ng a h ouse or h u oll for the purpose of sweepi ng , c l ean i ng, or coring a Gl'lol or flue therein or belonging thereto, or for extinguisloy in any such chimney or flue, t o cause or knowinglY 61.41°#1 person under the age of 16 years in his employment or ? his control to enter before, with, or after him in a ril of such house or building, or to be therein for ell P t - ppoe, the time during which such chimney sweeper hinneo" i t i; times therein for any such purp o s e as afore: 6) Penalty, not exceeding £lO (Act of 1864, sec s. 7 a A O Proceedings for Penalties.—Any person may proseowitoO the offences, the proceedings being commenced 5e six mouths. In any prosecution of a chimney-o,ooj where the age of any young person or child comes ill 0 Lion, the proof of the age lies on the defendant ( 4) " e d 1861, sec. 10). The hearing cf a charge, when the ()O l t ) committed Ns ithin the city, must take place before tho e Y te y Mayor or one of the aldermen; in the district of a t ', politan police-court, before a police magistrate; an d 0 0 0 where, before two or ruorejustices or the stipendiary d e ft (Act of 1840, see. 7, and general Aois)• Nyb pecuniary - penalty imposed, it and the costs attenaingiot r ecovery are to be levied by distress and sale of goods ° ,/ 1 defendant (Act of 1810, sec. 7) ; and in default of po' s , the defendant is to be imprisoned for not exceedici tl months (sec. 8). Pecuniary penalties recovered t_.ll:de either act are to be thus applied —one half to th o DP f - at , and the other half to the overseers or man agers o f 0 0 ; of the parish where the offender dwells, in aid of the ' rate (Act of 1840, sec. 7; Act of 1864, sec 5). The F e : convicted may appeal to the Quarter Sessions on cei., conditions as to notice, 6;c. (Act of 1840, sec 11)* ; 0° question of law, either party dissatisfied with the d e may appeal to one of the superior Courts. f 1111 1 A MYSTERIOUS SlllP.—Captain :jot, barque Springbok, reports the following 18,1861, in latitude (by ob serva ti on ) 78 deg. N., 1°7;7, (by chronometer) 31 d eg . 12 m i n, W . At 1 pal" °..iiliP! A vessel, which bor e d own upon us and came within 13.-0 distance ; hove to, a n d s h owed us a black board 1;1010 deg., 9 min. on it, b e i ng 18 degrees out. l a - O f him several questions, such as, ' What matter with you ?" Do you want ani tP ::ll 6l , Are you leaky P Where from and 1 ° bound ?' but all I could get out of him was, captal4'oli not underetand what you say,' although in very English, ho c a ll e d out several times, Heave your o '9 There appeared to be no confusion on board, and were about forty men on deck; and as I feared acarievoli was seriously wrong on b oar d t h e vesse l , I bore 1113i13:011,1 but soon found that sh e cou ld outstr i p me , a nd give it up. Thought by the rig, &c., that she 1474" dpi up the Straits of Gibraltar. While talking to l' i° o llS, seemed to be in charge, a woman appeared at the teP 5 O 69 forecastle, shouting as loudly as she could, at the ea lij a P i !, shaking her hands towards us and wringing thew fe l head, evidently in great distress. The man in elO re tat i : i about six feet iu height and stout. When I had I:W T(3 0 0 ; i at once kept away under our stern. I thought he lie; heaving to also, but his helm was put up and all t 461 in a remarkably short time, and while doing this WI 0 0 1 in charge was observed to throw the woman d e l ° drive her aft. I was about ordering my hands o f a boats when he made sail.—Tort Elizabta (CaPe ° Hope) Taper. ebi lj UNJUSTIFIABLE VULPECIDE.—Some f e A. ol ° ) ago a sly fox entered the dwelling-house of Al t , t ot; e j Cates Farm, ne ar H eat h er. H e ma d e hi s en t r ance to the parlour window, and went very orderly upeca irs o rl t o t While having a sweet repose the housekeeper e p e vi lle room door, and to her surprise observed Reynard": 9o o 4 ,l thought was a dog—in bed. She informed the ro the fact, but he not taking much notice of it ell ° o de s to ploughman, who went to see if the intruder ha d 0 ePio sit, but he had not. He became alarmed, and 11 c lePpo inform the waggoner, who immediately went, with ai d t o s hand to defend himself. Iteynard Was still aeleesPta o waggoner dealt him a heavy blow on the hea d him while in his cozy position.--Leicester iourna,l ctcd t